Cold Springs Community Church opened their doors to the homeless on Wednesday night, and will open them every Wednesday night in the foreseeable future. Everything went well; everything fell into place; volunteers where there from 6 different organizations, and complete organization prevailed. Praise the Lord!!!!!!
PASTOR DAVE BUNJE IS WORKING TO CLARIFY WITH THE COUNTY THAT TEMPORARY SHELTERING OF HOMELESS PERSONS IS A NATURAL AND PERMITTED MINISTRY OF A CHURCH. He is getting evidence from churches who are currently involved in homeless ministry in Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Solano counties. This evidence will be used to persuade county officials that they need not block churches from doing what they are called to do.
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Foothills UMC opened for two nights a week after being assured by the County that they would not interfere. 
Before this time, The Seven Day Adventus church in Comino hosted a nightly shelter during the cold months.Eventually this small beginning of The Nomadic Shelter grew to include Green Valley CC, Federated Church, Solid Rock Foundation, all joining in to provide overnight space. With volunteers from other churches helping at these locations, we provided seven night of sheltering our homeless population.

Sadly, we are now down to three churches providing only 3 nights sheltering.
 

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The Volunteer

We do not for fame or fortune,
The exhilarating feeling of success, the accomplishment felt
within.
No one knows the feeling, how can you begin to explain?
The roads not paved, the jungle uncharted,
We welcome the challenge open hearted.
The worries, the stress, even the second guess
Sometimes, even the bite in the ass!
We do because we care.
The hours go by, time does pass
But we will not stop just because they are “bottom class”
We will argue, we will fight, all for what’s right,
To help those so they will not sleep on the street tonight
The hours are long, the people are rough,
But we will never say “that’s enough”
For those we help are grateful, the others are just hateful
Maybe one day soon they will change their tune
For those who hate it is never too late
Walk through the door as if an open gate
You will never be told you must wait
There may be a lot on your plate, But it’s never too late!
We just need you to walk through that GATE.
By Larry Allum, Hangtown Haven guest/resident and volunteer.            12/13/12
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If I may plead. My JSS laptop computer has had it. It is “out of date,” “out of speed,” just plain “OUT.”
We need a donated, laptop computer with at least an I-5 speed or greater, Windows 10, with a large screen to be used in presentations, and again donated. We do not want to take money used to purchase the necessities that we distribute to our homeless population to purchase a computer. Possible????  www.Ron@JobsShelters.Org
 

                       

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